Sakkara

By boiling the plant we call sugar-cane they obtained a substance to which they gave the name Sakkara, and from this our word sugar evidently originated.

The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy 1912

The Roosevelts viewed the Sphinx by moonlight, of course, and saw Sakkara, but “the privacy of the movements of the Americans was invaded during this tour by a moving picture man, who focused his machine upon them and rolled off yard after yard of films.”

Happy New Year–1910! 2010

I was sitting on the balcony of my Cairo, Egypt, apartment looking out at both the Giza and Sakkara pyramids between pages.

The most unusual book in your house. Ann Althouse 2009

In Egypt today, Stella and Sakkara are the two most popular beers (both have been owned by Heineken since 2002).

Dining 2009

Three major discoveries have recently been made at Sakkara, including a prime minister's tomb, a queen's pyramid, and the tomb of the son of a dynasty-founding king.

Discoveries in Egypt Jan 2008

Three major discoveries have recently been made at Sakkara, including a prime minister's tomb, a queen's pyramid, and the tomb of the son of a dynasty-founding king.

Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008

"Sakkara is still a more or less undiscovered site, and when I say that only 30 percent of pharaonic Egypt has been discovered, this is the main place I'm thinking of," said Hawass.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

Sakkara is one section of the great necropolis of Memphis.

Discoveries in Egypt Jan 2008

Egyptian archeologists have discovered missing sections of the so-called Sphinx road and the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in Sakkara area.

Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008

Egyptian archeologists have discovered missing sections of the so-called Sphinx road and the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in Sakkara area.

Discoveries in Egypt Jan 2008